Is the presidential election a popularity contest?Am I the only one that feels the presidential election is more of a popularity contest? Should it really be about who we like, or who will get the job done? Shouldn't...

Does life ever actually stop being a popularity contest?We wander high school halls as awkward youngsters watching ourselves, then college comes and we learn that life is fun and no one watches waking moments like one's...

One of the things that struck me as somewhat unfair when I first came to Hubpages was that the people who won the prizes didn’t necessarily win them because they were well written or well researched or had a lot of...

before all them new-fangled "your the best" buttons were installed on Hub Pages.Just cause some of us got 3, 8, and 12 ratings under the various categories of: good writer, cool, funny, brilliant, handsome, or...

Do you think the 1913 Constitutional Amendment allowing the people to vote for Senators was wrong?Before 1913 Senators were appointed by the states. The House was controlled by the people, The Senate by the states. Our...